Well lets clear up one item here. The erase and install option will not be available in the menu as it is now. This was do to customers choosing the wrong option and trashing all their data. Erase and install literally means just that and whatever anyone does, backing up your data is absolutely critical regardless of how good the os is. Anything could happen and loosing your data is not worth taking the time to perform this critical step. This is where Time Machine really does shine and yeah, I've been there several times and I have suffered through significant data loss, but well that was do to a drive failure and the backup tape drive failing. :) On Aug 25, 2009, at 12:57 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
> > You can choose to completely erase your drive before installing. > Unlike Microsoft which insists on complicating things by having > completely separate disks for upgrades or full installs, as far as I > know, apple's operating system disks are all the same. > On Aug 24, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Mike wrote: > >> >> Hi all: >> >> I'm going to get Snow Leopard but I have a concern. >> Is it an Upgrade which has to be installed over a previous version of >> Leopard or can it be ran as a complete fresh install. >> I don't like the idea of installing another OS over another. It can >> be >> problematic and that sounds vary much like another companies 98 >> platforms. >> Also, can VO be ran from the install like OSX-10.5? When I >> re_installed 10.5 a few months back to try and lick my iTunes issue, >> when the machine rebooted, just pressed command F-5 and I was off and >> listening. LOL >> >> Thanks: >> Mike >> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
